Early cultures of the world (With an emphasis on Greek, Israelite and Egyptian
history)world (with an emphasis on the Age of Exploration)
The development of World Religions
Roman culture and history
The development of legal systems
Students learn the influence of: religion, government, arts and leisure, economy, language, and norms and traditions on nations and their own family.
Archaeological "dig" of chickens on campus by students to unearth "sarcophagi" from the previous year.
Mummification of chickens
Students will know the forms of artifact dating.
Explanation of early Chinese history
Religious beliefs of the Chinese
How and why the Chinese dynasties collasped
Achievements of the Chinese dynasties
Philosophies and beliefs of the Chinese
Family, a central instution in Chinese society
Feudalism help shaped the political and social development in Europe during the Middle Ages
Manorialism helped influenced economic growth in Europe during the Middle Ages
Development of monasticism during the Middle Ages
The church attempted to reform itself
Issues that led to the Crusades
Long term importance of the Crusades on Europe
Important trading centers in Europe
Revival of trade led to important business developments in Europe
Characteristics of Renaissance thought
Differences of Renaissance art from art of the Middle Ages
Italian Renaissance ideas to other parts of Europe
Characteristics of the Reformation
Martin Luther and his new religion
Spread of Protestantism
Catholic Reformation
Scientific developments (1500 &1600) of the Scientific Revolution
Characteristics of Enlightenment thinking
Enlightenment philosophers
Hundred Years War and results
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Henry IV and Cardinal Richelieu strengthening the monarchy of France
Louis XIV strengthening the central government of France
Peter the Great- westernizing Russia
Catherine the Great- expanding Russia's territory
Conflict between Prussia and Austria
Mary Tudor and promotion of Catholicism
Elizabeth's accomplishments and problems
Structure of the Old Regime
Growing discontent of the French people in mid 1700's
Events of July 14, 1789 which led to revolution
The constitution of 1791
Reign of Terror
Rise of Napoleon
Napoleon's achievements in government
France becomes an empire
Hundred days of Napoleon
Restoring stability in Europe at Congress of Vienna
Liberals and nationalists in Italy
Wars of unifiction
Formation of German Empire
Industrial development under Bismarck
Resignation of Bismarck
Reform movements in Russia prior to 1905
Russian Revolution
Lenin and the Bolsheviks
Stalin and economic policy
Formation and problems of Dual Monarchy
The Ottoman Empire and the Balkans
Motives for imperialism
Economic causes of Western imperialism
Competition for west, central, and east Africa
Effects of imperialism in Africa
Effects of imperialism in India
Imperialism in Southeast Asia
US interest in the Pacific Islands
Nationalism movement under leadership of Sun Yat Sen and Chiang Kai-shek
Development of Communism in China
Rebuilding of China after WWII during Mao Zedong's reign
Effects of Tianamen Square
Conflict between Taiwan and China
Division of Korea
Expansion of Japan in late 1800's
Hitler rises to power with take over of Austria and Czechoslovakia
Start of WWII
British airpower over Germany
United States involvement into WWII
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Holocaust
Important offensives
Victory in Europe and Japan
Factors that led to WWI
The Balkan "Powder Keg"
New technology in WWI
The US and WWI
Defeat of the Central Powers
Paris Peace Conference
Treaty of Versaille
The French withdraw from Africa
Israel and Egypt become independent nations
Arab-Israeli conflicts that have shaped the history of the Middle East
Rich oil fields affecting Middle East
Revolution in Iran
Leadership that emerged in the Arab World in the 1960's and beyond
·How does geography impact the emergence of agiculture? ·How does agriculture impact the emergence of civilization?
World History II Content: ·Life of Muhammed ·5 Pillars of Islam ·Shia and Sunni split ·The ramifications of the split in today's world ·Presentation on one of the classes of the European feudal structure (Peasants and Serfs, Knights, Lords, the Roman Catholic Church, and Royalty) ·In groups of 4-5 students they will teach the audience the following aspects of their class: ·education, housing, clothing, diet, leisure activities, religion, customs, and the feudal relationship with the other classes ·understanding of European feudal structure, vocabulary, ·Muslim ·Roman ·Greek ·Values & Beliefs ·Indian/Muslim ·Age of Imperialism ·Nationalism ·Age of Revolutions ·World in Conflict/Contemporary World ·Middle East & WWII ·Develop understanding of Feudalism and its politcal, economic and social context in Japan ·Develop understanding of the 5-Dimension Model and its applications to the study of changes in Japanese society ·Develop understanding of Feudalism and its politcal, economic and social context in Europe ·Develop understanding of the Renaissance and its politcal, economic and social context in Europe
- Students will be able to explain how the Chinese explain their early history
- Students will be able to describe the religious beliefs of the Chinese
- Students will be able to discuss the various rise and fall of the Chinese dynasties
- Studlents wil be able to write about the achievements of the Chinese dynasties
- Students wil be able to role play the philosophies and beliefs of China
- Students will be able to compare and contrast family life in China and the U.S.
- Students will be able to define feudalism
- Students will be able to identify the ways in which the manorial system influenced economic growth in Europe during the Middle Ages
- Students will be able to explain how feudalism shaped political and social development in Europe during the Middle Ages
- Students will be able to describe how monasticism developed during the Middle Ages
- Students will be able to construct a chart to show the organization of church hierarchy during the Middle Ages
- Students will be able to identify the causes of the Crusades
- Students will be able to explain how the Crusades affected Europe
- Students will be able to explain the various factors that led to the revival of trade in Europe
- Students will be able to identify inportant business develop ments that resulted from the growth of trade
- Students will be able to identify factors that led to the Renaissance
- Students will be able to discuss the characteristics of Renaissance thought
- Students will be able to describe how Renaissance art differered from art of the Middle Ages
- Students will be able to identify various pictures of Renaissance artists
- Students will be able to illustrate the chain of events that led up to the Reformation
- Students will be able to explain the significance of Martin Luther and Protestantism
- Students will be able to draw a flow chart and record ways in which the Catholic Church made reforms in response to the Protestant Reformation
- Students will be able to discuss factors that contributed to the Scientific Revolution
- Students will be able to explain and describe scientific discoveries of the Scientific Revolution
- Students will be able to discuss the characteristics of Enlightenment thinking
- Students will be able to create a chart of the similarities and differences in the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers
- Students will be able to draw a chart and name important rulers in England, France and Spain and show how they united their nations.
- Students will be able to list the steps that Louis XIV took to strengthen the country of France
- Students will be able to list 5 ways in which Peter the Great and Catherine the Great changed Russia
- Students will be able to explain the conflict between Prussia and Austria
- Students will be able to explain how Mary Tudor tried to rule England
- Students will be able to explain and describe Elizabeth's accomplishments and successes.
- Students will be able to explain and describe some of Elizabeth's unsolved problems
- Students will be able to make a diagram to show whom the three estates represented how how power was distributed
- Students will be able to explain how social structure led to discontent and financial crisis in the mid 1700's
- Students will be able to explain why the year 1789 is significant in French history
- Students will be able to discuss how the Reign of Terror affected the people of France
- Students will be able to explain Napoleon's rise to power
- Students will be able to describe Napoleon's achievements through 1804
- Students will be able to explain how France became an empire
- Students will be able to summarize how Napoleon was finally defeated
- Students will be able make a chart showing the three principles guiding the Congress of Vienna
- Students will be able list 2 events that led to the nationalists movements for unification in Italy
- Students will be able to identify important leaders and what they did in the fight for unification of Italy
- Students will be able to explain the differences between German unification and Italian unification
- Students will be able to identify the problems Bismarck faced as challencelor of the German Empire
- Students will be able to explain how Germany became an industrialized nation under Bismarck's leadership
- Students will be able to list the factors that led to the decline of Bismarck as chancellor
- Students will be able to explain the various reform movments and resultsthat occurred in Russia prior to 1905
- Students will be able to explain how the Communists came to power
- Studlents will be able to make a chart to compare Stalin's new economic policy and the first five year plan
- Students will be able to describe the formation of the Dual Monarchy and the problems it faced
- Students will be able to explain how ethnic clashes in the Balkans increased tensions toward the end of the 1800's
- Students will be able to discuss the motives for imperialism
- Students will be able to explain the economic causes of Western imperialism
- Students will be able to describe the effects that imperialism had on Africa
- Students will be able to explain the rise of Indian nationalism in India
- Students will be able to describe British inperialism in India
- Students will be able to analyze and evaluate ways in which each Asian region was affected by Westerm imperialism
- Students will be able to summarize the roles and actions of Chinese leaders in the early 1900's
- Students will be able to list the factors that led to the rise of Communism in China
- Students will be able to list in chronological order the events that happened in China since 1949
- Students will be able to explain the conflict between Taiwan and China
- Students will be able to construct a Venn diagram comparing the characteristics of North Korea and South Korea from the 1960's to the 1990's
- Students will be able to explain why Japan pursued a policy of expansionism in late 1800.
- Using a graphic oranizer, students will be able to identify the steps Hitler took to annex Austria and Czechoslovakia
- Students will be able to describe the progression of the involvement of the United States in World War II
- Students will be able to explain the Battle of Britain
- Students will be able to describe the events of Axis aggressions from late 1940-1942
- Students will be able to discuss "The Wave" and compare it to Hitlers aggression
- Students will be able to show the role of aggression and anti-semitism in the Nazi's New Order
- Students will be able to list the factors that led to WWI
- Students will be able to explain the Balkan "powder keg"
- Students will be able to create a poster of one new weapon used in WWI
- Students will be able to discuss US entry into WWI
- Students will be able to identify the problems facing the peacemakers of the Paris Peace Conference
- Students will be able to explain how the Treaty of Versailles delt with Germany's colonies
- Students will be able to explain how nationalism in the Middle East influenced French colonialism in Africa
- Students will be able to explain how Israel and Egypt became independent nations
- Students will be able to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflicts that have shaped the history of the Middle East
- Students will be able to explain the significance of of the rich oil fields that are affecting the Middle East and the world
- Students will be able to identify leaders that emerged in the Arab World in the 1960's and beyond
- Students will be able to describe the revolution in Iran and explain why it occurred
· Archeology· Asia
· The Mediterranean
· Hawaiian
· Mesoamerican
· Early Humans
· The Agricultural Revolution
· The Industrial Revolution
· The Technological Revolution
history)world (with an emphasis on the Age of Exploration)
- Structure of the Old Regime
- Growing discontent of the French people in mid 1700's
- Events of July 14, 1789 which led to revolution
- The constitution of 1791
- Reign of Terror
- Rise of Napoleon
- Napoleon's achievements in government
- France becomes an empire
- Hundred days of Napoleon
- Restoring stability in Europe at Congress of Vienna
- Liberals and nationalists in Italy
- Wars of unifiction
- Formation of German Empire
- Industrial development under Bismarck
- Resignation of Bismarck
- Reform movements in Russia prior to 1905
- Russian Revolution
- Lenin and the Bolsheviks
- Stalin and economic policy
- Formation and problems of Dual Monarchy
- The Ottoman Empire and the Balkans
- Motives for imperialism
- Economic causes of Western imperialism
- Competition for west, central, and east Africa
- Effects of imperialism in Africa
- Effects of imperialism in India
- Imperialism in Southeast Asia
- US interest in the Pacific Islands
- Nationalism movement under leadership of Sun Yat Sen and Chiang Kai-shek
- Development of Communism in China
- Rebuilding of China after WWII during Mao Zedong's reign
- Effects of Tianamen Square
- Conflict between Taiwan and China
- Division of Korea
- Expansion of Japan in late 1800's
- Hitler rises to power with take over of Austria and Czechoslovakia
- Start of WWII
- British airpower over Germany
- United States involvement into WWII
- Bombing of Pearl Harbor
- Holocaust
- Important offensives
- Victory in Europe and Japan
- Factors that led to WWI
- The Balkan "Powder Keg"
- New technology in WWI
- The US and WWI
- Defeat of the Central Powers
- Paris Peace Conference
- Treaty of Versaille
- The French withdraw from Africa
- Israel and Egypt become independent nations
- Arab-Israeli conflicts that have shaped the history of the Middle East
- Rich oil fields affecting Middle East
- Revolution in Iran
- Leadership that emerged in the Arab World in the 1960's and beyond
· How does geography impact the emergence of agiculture?· How does agriculture impact the emergence of civilization?
World History II Content:
· Life of Muhammed
· 5 Pillars of Islam
· Shia and Sunni split
· The ramifications of the split in today's world
· Presentation on one of the classes of the European feudal structure (Peasants and Serfs, Knights, Lords, the Roman Catholic Church, and Royalty)
· In groups of 4-5 students they will teach the audience the following aspects of their class:
· education, housing, clothing, diet, leisure activities, religion, customs, and the feudal relationship with the other classes
· understanding of European feudal structure, vocabulary,
· Muslim
· Roman
· Greek
· Values & Beliefs
· Indian/Muslim
· Age of Imperialism
· Nationalism
· Age of Revolutions
· World in Conflict/Contemporary World
· Middle East & WWII
· Develop understanding of Feudalism and its politcal, economic and social context in Japan
· Develop understanding of the 5-Dimension Model and its applications to the study of changes in Japanese society
· Develop understanding of Feudalism and its politcal, economic and social context in Europe
· Develop understanding of the Renaissance and its politcal, economic and social context in Europe